[iBook] external drive: USB vs. firewire

[Michael Elliott]

Excuse me?  USB2 is plenty fast for mass storage.  I'm a long-time  
Mac fan, but I've had lots of crashes or problems with my Macs  
refusing to recognize a Firewire drive, even if another Mac does so.

HOWEVER...one question I have:  will the drive in a USB 2.0 case be  
BOOTABLE in case of an emergency?  I know that Firewire is.

Michael


On Sep 21, 2005, at 10:31 PM, Ben Chong wrote:

> Speedwise, firewire is probably faster. The USB protocol is not  
> made for fast mass storage transactions.
>
> Also, if you are looking at 2.5" USB drives, there is the  
> consideration of power. In my 1.33GHz and 1.2GHz 12" iBooks, the  
> USB ports are not made equal. Only one port (one next to the  
> firewire connector) is really capable of powering a 2.5" USB hard  
> drive. The firewire port has no trouble at all driving firewire- 
> capable 2.5" drives.
>
>
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